World through the aperture

A person walks past snow-covered trees in Loose Park, January 13, 2019, in the aftermath of a winter storm that dropped more than 8 inches of snow in the Kansas City, Missouri, area. (Photo by AP)

A selection of photos shot recently from around the world:

This aerial view shows the tops of high-rise buildings poking out from heavy fog in Yangzhou, in China's eastern Jiangsu Province on January 14, 2019. (By AFP)Indian and foreign participants fly kites during the 30th International Kite Festival near the site of the Statue of Unity, the world's tallest statue, in Kevadiya some 200 kilometers from Ahmedabad in India's western Gujarat state on January 8, 2019. (Photo by AFP)Fireworks explode over Belgrade's Saint Sava Church to mark the Orthodox Christian New Year early on January 14, 2019. (Photo by AFP)A seagull flies past as an Indian devotee takes a dip on the banks of the Triveni Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers, as people gather for the Kumbh Mela festival in Allahabad on January 14, 2019. (Photo by AFP)A female panda (unnamed) born in a Malaysian zoo last year looks at her ice birthday cake on her first birthday at the National Zoo in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, January 14, 2019. (Photo by AP)Bedouin honor guards walk before Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi arrival at Amman airport, Jordan, January 13, 2019. (Photo by Reuters)Gary Woodland of the United States walks on the 14th hole during the final round of the Sentry Tournament of Champions at the Plantation Course at Kapalua Golf Club on January 6, 2019 in Lahaina, Hawaii. (Photo by AFP)Matt Kuchar celebrates winning the Sony Open PGA Tour golf event, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019, at Waialae Country Club in Honolulu. (Photo by AP)From left, KTM rider Oscar Romero Montoya of Spain, Husqvarna rider Fausto Mota of Spain and KTM rider Loic Minaudier of France race their motorbikes during stage six of the Dakar Rally between Arequipa and San Juan de Marcona, Peru, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019. (Photo by AP)A migrant from Honduras, part of a caravan of thousands from Central America trying to reach the United States, helps a child to jumps the fence to cross it illegally from Mexico into the US, in Tijuana, Mexico, January 13, 2019. (Photo by Reuters)